Hugh Connor

Hugh Connors was a Labour Party member of the Newcastle upon Tyne City Council during the 1960s. By 1964, he was chair of the housing committee, and he initially opposed council leader Austin Donohue's plan to have the construction developer John Edwards demolish the city's slums and replace them with highrise council flats. However, Edwards later bribed Connors and the other councillors to approve the measure, and the council unanimously agreed to approve the construction project, which started in early 1965.